Well, the site finally started working for me... It didn't for a while!

Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! Here's some Zovier and MariKeith to make it extra Valentineish ^3^

There aren't any of the original TDIers in this, except for small snippets of Duncan. Sorry, next chapter will have more of your favs!

It was Sunday, which meant the campers were relaxing and just hanging out. Herbie and Xavier were sitting on the Dock of Shame and poking a rollie pollie with their sticks, as this was te only thing they could think of doing. Herbie accidentally squished it with the end of his twig.

"Drat," he muttered, tossing the stick over the edge of the dock. "It was fun while it lasted, right?" His brother didn't answer him. "Xavier?" He looked over to see Xavier was staring back at the campground, a goofy little grin on his face.

Herbie looked to see Zoey and Grace had just showed up by the cabins, playing some sort of game.

He knew that Grace scared him slightly, so there was only one explanation. "You like Zoey, don'tcha?"

"Wha?" Xavier snapped out of his trance and looked over at him. "N-No! I just… That game looks fun."

Herbie did not look convinced. "We do have twin telepathy, you know. I know you're lying."

Xavier sighed. "Fine, I like her… She's fun and makes a mean mud pie. And she's pretty and stuff…"

"Oh… What are you going to do?" Herbie asked.

"… Am I supposed to do something?"

Herbie shrugged. "I dunno. I just think that when you like a girl, you're supposed to do something. Like marry her or something..."

"I don't wanna marry her!" Xavier cried. "Besides, people only get married when they're tired of living with their parents, and I like living with Mom and Dad. They make me dinner and stuff."

"Oh." Herbie nodded understandingly. "Maybe you should just… uh… hug her or something."

Xavier shook his head. "Nah, she might make a baby if I do that. I hear that's what happens when you have intercourse," he said, air-quoting at intercourse. "I asked what that means, and it's touching and stuff. I'm not ready to take care of a kid."

"Oh, good thinking." The twin thought for a minute, then inspiration struck. "Wait, I have an idea! C'mon!" He grabbed his brother by the wrist and dragged him off, determined to play Cupid, since their poor rollie pollie was no more.

*T*S*R*

"So… I should act mean the next time I see her?" Xavier asked, confused.

"Yeah," Herbie answered, smoothing down his brother's wild red hair the best that he could. "It works with her brother and that Courtney girl, so it probably will for you. I told Zoey to meet us by the big oak tree by the mess hall in a few minutes, so she should be here soon. Practice scary faces…"

Xavier stretched his mouth so that all his teeth were showing. It looked more like he was trying to find something stuck in his teeth. "Grr…."

Herbie grimaced. "That was kinda scary… Just not the kind of scary you gotta be…" He saw Zoey approaching, so he nudged his brother and said, "She's coming! Act like Duncan!"

"Hi, boys!" Zoey cheerfully chirped, skipping up to the two. "Why did you wanna meet me here?"

Herbie nudged Xavier again, and he puffed his chest out, trying to be tough. However, he just looked silly, if anything. Making his voice sound deeper, he said, "Hey, princess."

Zoey giggled. "Aww, that's what Dunky calls Courtney!"

Due to his lack of experience with Duncan, Xavier wasn't sure what to do next. The princess thing was really the only thing he remembered that Duncan did. The other thing was a not so endearing thing: violence.

Without really thinking about it, he quickly pushed Zoey with both of his hands, making her fall flat on her back. Zoey sat up and looked up at him with wide eyes, shocked as to why a sweet boy like him would do such a thing. After a second of letting it soak in, her big green eyes started tearing up and she let out small whimpers. Those evolved into full-blown wails, which made Xavier's tough face disappear. She slowly got up, then ran off, still blubbering.

Herbie slapped him on the back of the head and yelled, "Why'd you hit her?!"

Xavier rubbed the back of his sore head and glared at his brother. "You told me to be like Duncan!"

"Duncan wouldn't push Zoey down!" Herbie yelled back.

The other twin sighed, looking back in the direction that Zoey ran off. "I should say I'm sorry… But I don't see her anymore."

"I can see her," Herbie said, squinting his eyes and looking at poor Zoey. "She's running toward the cabins… Still running… Oh, she ran into her bro…"

"Duncan?" Xavier started to wring his hands nervously. "M-Maybe she won't mention what I did…"

"Uh… He's kneeling down… She's still crying… Looks like he's asking her something… She's hugging him… She's telling him something now…"

Xavier started to sweat and he whipped his forehead off with his sleeve. "Okay, maybe she'll tell him. But maybe he won't be that mad about it…"

"Um… He looks mad now."

"Oh, poop," Xavier muttered under his breath. "Uh, maybe he won't kill me or anything…"

Herbie, still ignoring his brother's comments, continued to describe the scene. "He's standing up… He's walking toward us… Oh, I think he sees us… He's all glarey now."

"H-He won't do anything… He doesn't know which one of us is me."

"He's looking back at Zoey… He's yelling something at her… She's pointing at you."

Xavier was shaking by this point. "Uh oh… I'm doomed…"

"He's looking at you all angry and stuff… He's walking toward us again… He's walking fasterer… Now he's runnin'… He's getting closer… Closerer… Wow, he looks really mad now!"

Xavier quit listening to his brother and ran off, Duncan passing Herbie and running after Xavier and yelling, "Get back here, you little twerp!"

Herbie merely watched as the punk chased Xavier off screen, then yelled, "Now Duncan's chasing after you and yellin' stuff at you! Whoa, he caught you now! Oooooh, he's glaring at you all mad again and he's making scary, huffy breaths! He's yelling more stuff and…"

Two minutes later…

Duncan walked away, clapping the dust off his hands, looking rather content with himself and what he had just done.

After he was gone, Herbie walked up to Xavier, who was now dangling from a tree branch by his underwear. He waited for a few seconds before saying, "… He just gave you a flying wedgie and-"

"Thanks, Herbie," Xavier squeaked, not being able to talk normally due to the pain of the wedgie. "I think I can take it from here…"

*T*S*R*

"I dunno what got into him," Zoey sighed, sitting on the steps of the Killer Bears cabin with Grace. "He used to be so sweet, but he acted like a big meanie today…"

"Aw, that's sad," Grace said, trying to be sympathetic. However, it was hard due to her lack of experience in the kindness department. "Maybe you should poison his food tonight."

Zoey looked at her, freaked out by her suggestion. "All he did was push me down, Grace."

Grace shrugged. "Hey, I'm just spitballin' here."

Herbie and Xavier, who Herbie had managed to get Xavier out of the tree, walked up to the girls, Xavier looking rather sheepish.

Grace glared at him. "What do you want?"

"I-I wanna talk to Zoey," he mumbled, looking down at his feet.

Grace stood up and stomped over to him. "She doesn't want to talk to you and your stupid face! Go stick your head in the piranha pool!"

Xavier looked up and grinned, "Oooooh, that'd be cool!" He was about to run off and do so, but his brother grabbed him by the wrist and jerked him back.

"Pleeeease, Grace?" Herbie asked, smiling sweetly.

Grace glared at the two, but looked back at Zoey for her final approval. "Lemme talk to him, Gracie. If he pulls something again, Duncan will kill him and we won't hafta deal with him."

Over by the Rabid Wolves cabin, Keith was sitting on the steps with Marilee, trying to comfort her after hearing about the thing with her mom.

"Uh… I really dunno what to say, babe…" He scooted closer to her and awkwardly put an arm around her. "I'm not sure if you need comforting or a shoulder to cry on or-"

"Shh!" Marilee shushed, shrugging his arm off of her. "I'm trying to watch my stories!" she yelled and pointed to the kids.

"Stories?" Keith asked. "They're a bunch of little kids, not soap stars!"

"Since there's no TV on this stupid island, I have to find something to entertain myself," Marilee said with a shrug. "Might as well join me."

Keith looked back at the small group, then stood up and started walking into the guy's side of the cabin. "I'll get some chips…"

Back with the children, Herbie had managed to drag Grace away from his brother and Zoey so the two could talk privately.

"I-I wanted to say I'm sorry…" Xavier mumbled, kicking a dirt clump awkwardly.

"Why did you push me, anyway?" Zoey asked, standing up and standing next to him. "Don't you wanna be friends anymore?"

"Say yes, say yes!" Marilee called out with a mouth full of chips, off-screen.

"Yeah," Xavier said with a nod. "But I only pushed you down 'cause I…"

"Spit it out, dude!" Keith yelled at him off-screen, his mouth full of chips, too. Like with Marilee's yell, neither kids heard him.

"'Cause I like you… Like… Like like you…" the redhead muttered, blushing ferociously.

"Oh snap, he did not just say that!" Marilee gasped.

Zoey blushed, too. "Awww, really?" She smiled and gave him a hug. "That's sweet! I like you too!" She separated and giggled. "Like, like like…"

"Holy crap, it's a love triangle!" Keith cried out, still off-screen.

"No, that's only if there's three people," Marilee explained, more quietly this time.

"Oh… It's a love line segment, then."

"Really?" Xavier asked, grinning.

"Yeah!" Zoey chirped, giving a small nod. " I'm sorry Duncan got all mad at you… I didn't tell him to hurt you. He did that by himself."

"That's okay," Xavier said. "That's what I get."

"Wait, when did Duncan do that?" Keith asked Marilee, handing the bag of chips to her.

Marilee shrugged, taking a handful of chips. "Heck if I know. Must have been on the last episode."

"Sooo… What do we do now?" Zoey asked.

Xavier shrugged and said, "I dunno. Herbie said I should marry you."

"I don't think you can get married until you're eight," Zoey told him. "Maybe we should just be friends until then."

"Sounds like a plan!" Xavier said with a big grin.

"Oooooh, she left him in the friend zone!" Keith yelled out. "Buuuuuurn!"

"Ooooh, wait!" Xavier dug around in his pocket and pulled out a crumpled, but pretty daisy. "I picked this for you a while ago. It had a bug on it before, but… I got hungry."

Zoey giggled and took it. "Aww, thank you! And Grace thinks you're a big freako!"

Xavier raised an eyebrow. "Wait, what?"

"But what does she know, right?" She leaned over, gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, then ran off, giggling like crazy. It wasn't long after that that Xavier fainted, love struck.

Back at the Wolves cabin, Keith turned to Marilee and said, "That actually wasn't that bad. The dialogue was somewhat lacking, but the acting was fantastic."

"Yeah, I agree completely…" Marilee said with a nod. "… We need to find better ways to entertain ourselves."

"… I agree completely."

*T*S*R*

Later on in the day, Marilee was sitting on the shore of the lake, barefoot as to avoid getting her shoes wet from the ebbing lake. She brought her knees up to her chest, deep in thought about the events that had occurred over the past two days.

She wasn't mad about her mother's newfound relationship anymore, but more scared than anything. Things probably wouldn't become serious between Bonnie and Vince, but this opened the door to dozens of other potential stepfathers… Whether this was a good or bad thing, Marilee did not know.

However, she wasn't going to bother to tell anybody about it. She had already made enough of a fool of herself. There was no need to make her look like a crybaby, as well.

Suddenly, Marilee saw her boyfriend approaching. Great, Marilee thought to herself. Hope he doesn't want to comfort me about my mom again…

"Hey, Keith," Marilee said, giving him a small smile as she stood up.

"Hey…" Keith dug around in his pocket, pulling out a crumpled daisy. "I picked this for you a while ago. It had a bug on it before, but… I got hungry."

Marilee stared at the flower, then back at Keith. She crossed her arms and shook her head. "Keith Carlisle, you are such a dork." She waited a few seconds, then grinned and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "But you're my dork."

"So… Geoff isn't going to beat me up, is he?" Keith asked, a joking tone in his voice.

Marilee laughed, gingerly taking the flower. "I think he'd only do that if…"

"If what…?"

"If he saw us doing this…" Marilee tucked the flower behind her ear so she'd have her hands free, and wrapped her arms around Keith's neck. She gave him a big kiss and he eagerly returned it. Just as it was starting to get deep, Marilee separated from Keith, who silently groaned.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Geoff actually could see us out here… So could the others," she told him, grabbing his hand. "Just because Geoff and Bridgette made out shamelessly every second of every day doesn't mean we have to…" Marilee lead him back to the campgrounds and toward the Confession Can.

"Should we check to make sure Zoey and Xavier aren't in there?" Keith mischievously asked with a smirk.

Marilee opened the door and shoved Keith in, letting a small giggle slip from her lips. She got inside with him and crawled on his lap. Right before their lips met once more, Keith wrapped his arms around her and shut the door, so no one could see what they were doing. He sure didn't want Geoff to chase after him and hang him from a tree by his boxers…

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I had to add the MariKeith at the end… cuz it's AWESOME. xD

New challenge next time 'round, so look out for it!